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		<title>Compelling Questions 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***What is meaning outside of consciousness? ***What exactly is meaning? ***What exactly is consciousness? ***Where and how do meaning and consciousness exist? If not in the physical, then where? ***If meaning and consciousness are non-physical, how did this non-physicality come &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/compelling-questions-6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=271&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compelling Questions 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***Everything is in our minds. Everything within our experience is processed by the brain and then selectively uploaded to the conscious entity, such that perceptions and experiences bubble up to our awareness. How is this possible? What allows such interaction &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/compelling-questions-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=268&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compelling Questions 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***Can consciousness be quantified? Do humans have “more” consciousness than other animals? ***Can consciousness be qualified? Do humans have a more intense feeling of consciousness than other animals? Is our experience sharper, deeper, brighter, better, or more meaningful? ***Can any &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/compelling-questions-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=257&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selfless Conundrum: Nonsensical Altruism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know, quite a bit of emphasis is placed on the difference between the values of “selflessness” and “selfishness.” One almost gets the impression that everybody blindly accepts as supreme truth that some actions are “selfish” while others &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/selfless-conundrum-nonsensical-altruism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=250&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compelling Questions 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***Is prototransmutation really possible or not?  If it is, what does this mean?  If not, what does that mean? ***According to (my non-professional understanding of) theoretical physics, time is basically just an additional dimension—the fourth dimension—with some subtle alterations in &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/compelling-questions-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=244&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A: about Form</title>
		<link>http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/q-a-about-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Is it possible to transcend form? How is this done? What does it even mean to transcend form? Answer: Yes, in theory, it is possible to transcend form. I personally believe that ascension is inevitable and, part of the &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/q-a-about-form/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=228&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Formal Roots of the Human Condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The truth of the universe is God, for the universe is God, and the expression of God is love, happiness, and positivity; thus the inherent nature of the universe is bliss. As we are God in essence and composed entirely &#8230; <a href="http://blakerivers.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/formal-roots-of-the-human-condition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blakerivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13639269&amp;post=214&amp;subd=blakerivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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